Denmark Vesey: Why I Am Opposed To Intervention In Haiti

Monday, January 18, 2010

Why I Am Opposed To Intervention In Haiti

"Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore history. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Haiti. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of liberty for the men of that island nation. So it is that those of us who are yet determined what America will be are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of that land."

4 comments:

the good nurse said...: America=capt save a ho.....

"i will help you, but then I own u"; Jan 18, 2010, 4:19:00 PM
Anonymous said...: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-quigley/what-the-mainstream-media_b_424126.html; Jan 18, 2010, 5:32:00 PM
chosen said...: 'America=capt save a ho.....'

@nurse - lol good one!

"i will help you, but then I own u"

... 'tis true, america been pimpin since pimpin was pimpin ...; Jan 18, 2010, 5:54:00 PM
Constructive Feedback said...: Until the DBHN build a standing force of First Responders places like Haiti and Darfur will have to suffer from US Intervention.

DHN = Diasporatic Band Of Hating Negroes; Jan 20, 2010, 2:08:00 AM

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